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Manuscript page of drawings of bird and plants on top and Yiddish text below.

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Yiddish Translation of the Bible

16th Century

Print of man holding up tablets on mountain before crowd of people on top of page, people around long table in the middle of the page, Hebrew title in center, and people sitting around round table on the bottom of page.

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Tikun li-kro’ laylah va-yom (A Tikkun to Read Day and Night)

1666

Page of Hebrew text with portrait of man with curly hair in center of page, surrounded by round frame with Hebrew words inside it.

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Self-Portrait of Abraham ben Shabbetai Kohen

1719

Print with decorative border of man in robes wearing hat and holding a book with right hand and Latin heading.

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Jewish Doctor (Medico Giudeo)

1568

Woodcut portrait of man in hat and moustache and beard with Hebrew text on left and right sides of face.

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Portrait of Issachar Baer Teller

1637

Print engraving of crowd of people outside of building gathered around couple under wedding canopy.

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Marriage Ceremony

1724

Print engraving of two buildings with tile roofs next to each other, one of mostly wood and the other of stone, with several people standing in front of them, and German writing below.

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Jewish Wedding at a Synagogue in Fürth

1705

Manuscript page with Hebrew text in a half circle shape with many interior circles and branches, with center illustration of a person with three winged animals and an angel, another illustration on the left of person with a crown, and drawings along the perimeter of the half circle.

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Sefirotic Tree

Early 16th Century

Manuscript scroll page with Hebrew text and decorated border with illustrations of cherubs, faces, animals, ribbons, and flowers.

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Scroll of the Book of Esther

1573

Page of Aramaic text framed by drawing of four columns and gateway with two cornucopias on top, decorated with flowers and vines throughout.

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Ketubah (Rome)

1627

Scroll manuscript page with Hebrew text in four columns, with illustrations on top of figures seated talking to each other, working by a tree, and walking; the middle sections feature ladders and people working on trees; the bottom features elephants and rhinoceroses.

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Scroll of the Book of Esther

ca. 1630

Broadsheet with Dutch text on left and right margins, with large illustrated map in the middle of many squares and lines. Around the map are five images in squares: a man in hat and moustache, layers of priestly garments, a smaller map, rectangular building, and items of worship such as a candelabrum.

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Broadsheet Accompanying Model of the Tabernacle

ca. 1652